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See also: | Other events of 1821 History of France • Timeline • Years |
Events from the year 1821 in France.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch – Louis XVIII[1]
- Prime Minister – Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (until 14 December), then Joseph de Villèle[2]
Events
[edit]- 5 May - Napoléon dies in exile at Saint Helena. The cause of his death is still disputed.
Births
[edit]- 11 February - Auguste Mariette, scholar and archaeologist (died 1881)
- 9 April - Charles Baudelaire, poet, critic and translator (died 1867)
- 6 June - Jean-André Cuoq, philologist (died 1898)
- 1 July - Anatole Jean-Baptiste Antoine de Barthélemy, archaeologist and numismatist (died 1904)
- 18 July - Pauline García-Viardot, mezzo-soprano and composer (died 1910)
- 29 August - Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, anthropologist (died 1898)
- 17 September - Léonard-Léopold Forgemol de Bostquénard, general (died 1897)
- 22 November - Charles Brun, naval engineer (died 1897)
- 12 December - Gustave Flaubert, novelist (died 1880)
- December - Joseph Déjacque, anarcho-communist poet and writer (died 1864)
- Undated - Michel Lévy, publisher (died 1875)
Deaths
[edit]- 15 March - Guy-Toussaint-Julien Carron, Roman Catholic priest and writer (born 1760)
- 17 March - Louis-Marcelin de Fontanes, poet and politician (born 1757)
- 5 May - Napoleon I of France, military and political leader (born 1769)
- 19 May
- François-Henri de Franquetot de Coigny, Marshal of France (born 1737)
- Camille Jordan, politician (born 1771)
- 21 June - César Guillaume de La Luzerne, Cardinal (born 1738)
- 19 August - Marie-Denise Villers, painter (born 1774)
- 18 September - Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, physician (born 1755)
- 8 November - Jean Rapp, general lieutenant (born 1771)
- Undated - Jules Granier, composer (born 1770)
References
[edit]- ^ Strieter, Terry W. (1999). Nineteenth-century European Art: A Topical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-313-29898-1.
- ^ Vincent, Benjamin (7 April 2020). Haydn ́s Dictionary of Dates. BoD – Books on Demand. p. 340. ISBN 978-3-8460-4795-8.